Editing Boules (section)

==Terminology==
* {{lang|fr|Boule}} is a French word for 'ball'.
* {{lang|it|Boccia}} (plural: ''bocce'') is an Italian word for 'ball'
* {{lang|it|Volo}} (roughly, 'flying' or 'in flight') is derived from the Italian verb {{lang|it|volare}} meaning 'to fly'
* The small wooden target ball is usually called the ''jack'' in English, {{lang|fr|le but}} ('target') or {{lang|fr|cochonnet}} ('piglet') in French, or {{lang|it|pallino}} ('little ball' or 'bullet') in Italian.
In Italian bocce, balls may be thrown in three ways: {{lang|it|punto}}, {{lang|it|raffa}} and {{lang|it|volo}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Joy of Bocce |first=Mario |last=Pagnone}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=August 2023|reason=Google can turn up no evidence that this book exists, other than this Wikipedia article and other sites copying it.}}
* A {{lang|it|punto}} shot or {{lang|it|puntata}} is the way of pointing a ball by rolling the ball as close as possible to the pallino.
* A {{lang|it|raffa}} or {{lang|it|raffata}} shot is the way of knocking an opponent's ball away that is very close to the pallino by rolling very fast. The player is allowed to make a run of two to four steps before delivering the ball.
* A {{lang|it|volo}} shot is the way of hitting an opponent's ball that is very close to the pallino by throwing through the air and hitting directly the opponent's boule (or the pallino), with the restriction that the ball may first strike the ground within 50&nbsp;cm of the target.